Heater



L. H. SOLOMON.

HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1921.

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i-Applieation filed March 23,1921. .Serial :No. 454,733.

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citizen. of the ,Unitcd "St2tt9S,f1 SlCllI1g at Titliny in the-county of Seneca and: State of I Ohio, have invented certain '11QWIIl(l"1lS(-3f1ll"' Improvements in Heaters, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to Oll burners and more particularly .to aikeroseue burner for generating heat.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a kerosene burner including provision for position candle and asbestos wicks therein whereby heat may be generated for a long duration of time without replenishing the fuel or replacing the wicks therein.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a kerosene oil burner which will operate without smoking and free from offensive odors, requiring but very little attention when once started. and which will continue to expel heat for a long duration of time without replenishing the fuel or replacing the wicks.

Another and very important object of the invention is the construction of an. oil generator which may be used in connection with various size oil containers and wherein the closure for said container comprises a novel wick receiving tube for the ready. positioning and replacement of a wick.

A still further and very important object of the invention is the construction of a generator which. will be extremely simple, consisting of con'umratively few parts and easily assembled. capable of being manufactured at an. extremely low cost, compact. safe and desirable for a multiplicity of uses and easily maintained in operation at an extremely low cost for a considerable length of time.

lVith these objects in View and others which will be manifest and suggested as the purpose and nature of my invention are revealed in the following specification and drawings and wherein I have shown but one embodiment thereof, the figure of the draw ing represents a view partly in section showing the invention as applied.

Referring now to the drawing wherein similar numerals designate like and corresponding parts on the drawing. 5 designates the usual type of container for receiving the liquid fuel 6 preferably kerosene and .which i container is z-provid'ed w ith a flanged cover-*7 as clearly shown'in the drawm gTllQ coveror top 7 is provided with a restricted or neck'portion Saudis externally screw lthreaded at 9 to -receivea =screw threaded closure member 10. The closure 10 is 'mounted on i an elongated tube 1 1 =:center bored throughout its entire :l'ength,'-'sai'd tube terminatingin an upper thinned out portion 12 for a purpose presently to appear. As

shown the tube 11 may be soldered or otherwise secured to the closure member 10 as indicated by numeral 13 so that the same of the tube into the liquid fuel and to a point substantially near the bottom of the thinned out portion 12. Within the top portion of the tube and in the thinned out part 12, I have shown an asbestos wick 15 which confines the greater portion of the thinned out part of the tube and which in practical use is adapted. to lie in close contact with the wick 14. Referring to the figure, it will be seen that there is a slight space 16 between the top of the asbestos wick and the space 16 above the top of the asbestos wick 15 which I have designated a generator space.

In the actual use and operation of the generator the wicks 14 and 15 are first immersed in the fuel and the wick 14 inserted through the bottom of the tube 11 until it extends near the top thereof. The asbestos wick 15 is then placed in the portion 12 of the tube and when lighted the wick will at first begin to smoke. Then the abestos wick 15 is forced or pushed slightly within the restricted portion 12 leaving the generator space 16 and the oil will then burn and heat the top of the tube very quickly. In actual practice the generator space is about one eighth of an inch in height and in the continued operation of the generator this space becomes very hot without emitting smoke or any offensive odors from the oil. It will be also readily apparent that the asbestos wick will burn out more quickly than the wick 14 but the same may be easily replaced without removing the closure or the wick 14 from the tube, thus permittingthe burner to be used for a long duration of time and at a minifactory in obtaining the desired results. It

will be obvious however that other embodiments may be adopted and that various changes in the details of construction may be resorted to by those skilled inthe art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is furthermore understood that the invention is not necessarily limited or restricted to the precise elements shown except in so far as such limitations are specified in the subject matter being claimed.

Having shown and described my invention, what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the U. S. is The combination with an oil reservoir having a frusto conical neck, provided with external threads, a centrally perforated cap detachably engaged on the threaded neck, a wick tube removably fitted in the perforation in the cap and having its boreenlarged at the outer end to provide internal seats, an asbestos pad filling the enlarged bore and resting on the seat, a wick in the tube and contacting at its outer end with the pad, and aflange exteriorly on the tube and engaged upon the cap to hold the tube vertically suspended in the reservoir.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature hereto. I

LUCIUS 1-1. SOLOMON I 

